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Datacenters may be built for government surveillance, not AI profits, analyst suggests

The author speculates that the massive construction of datacenters is not for typical AI development driven by profit. Instead, they propose these facilities are being built with the expectation of government funding, possibly for a total surveillance society. This scenario is linked to ongoing wars and a potential shift away from consumerist capitalist economies. AI

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IMPACT Speculation suggests a potential shift in AI infrastructure focus from capitalist ventures to government-funded surveillance.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a social media user speculating about the purpose of datacenters.

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    What if I told you that all those # datacenters being built aren’t going to run # AI for profitable capitalist purposes? They make no sense unless government wa

    What if I told you that all those # datacenters being built aren’t going to run # AI for profitable capitalist purposes? They make no sense unless government was going to pay for it. A goverment running a total surveillance society, continuously at war with the rest of the world …